Posted on 09/23/2018 2:55:41 PM PDT by tbw2
Most of the internet could be affected as some Linux devs threaten to rescind code in response to CoC controversy.
It mostly concerns controlling the developers interactions with each other but amazingly they’ll also try to POZ the code itself. Like for example incompetent coders get a free pass if they’re a minority and terms like master and slave will get renamed because someone got butt hurt over it.
Android and Google stuff use the Linux Kernel ,LOL
The world is an often uncivil place. If people are too weak and fragile to go there, that is their business, but I bristle when they want to put governors on everything and everyone else so they can.
Discussions surrounding software development may be socially...imperfect. Highly skilled/motivated developers can often be coarser, rude, or even polite & precise in ways that disturb others. Extremely productive people often are intolerant of anything that hinders productivity, including the behavior of others. The less productive sometimes perceive this intolerance as rude, not realizing that extreme productivity requires culling anything which hinders productivity - like health issues, or IQ, or cultural norms.
Unable to acquire power through legitimate methods, they have found an illegitimate means, and they intend to use it.
It can't. But if the software developer ever says something politically incorrect, then they will wipe all acknowledgements of his contributions.
People do software development for Linux for the status and glory of getting your stuff included in official linux. That's their only payment. So if you ever say anything that gets a protected class butthurt, then you become an unperson as far as any credit, status, or glory in the Linux community.
Social justice warriors got a code of conduct approved that says all programmers have to obey SJW mandates.
That meritocracy no longer determines who contributes - adherence and political correctness now determine who is promoted and who is excluded.
There is no boundary between project discussions, private discussions and public postings on social media. If someone posts a politically incorrect opinion on Facebook, an SJW can run to the Linux decision makers, say I’m offended/threatened, and in theory get people kicked off projects. And that’s not really a theory.
Firefox’s creator got kicked out of his own company for donating money to the traditional marriage fight a decade ago. A major developer got kicked out of another project a few years ago because he’s a Gor fan. Social justice outweighs diversity, so conservatives are getting openly discriminated against in Big Tech ... and now can be hounded out of Linux development for “hate speech”, AKA, posting conservative opinions.
Female Entrepreneur Says Google’s ‘Women in Tech’ Program Ostracized Her for Being Conservative
http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2017/12/09/female-entrepreneur-says-googles-women-in-tech-program-ostracized-her-for-being-conservative/
I believe this woman’s story because I dealt with the same thing elsewhere for the same reasons.
It will certainly lead to women and people of color screaming bigotry when criticized, and we’ll end up with people demanding others fix their issues or else be hounded out.
And no matter how much time you dedicate to a project, no matter how much work you contribute, if you’re hounded out, you’re blacklisted. It is a black mark on your reputation, you can’t get credit and kudos.
It's not about the program. It's about the programmer.
There are lots of programmers actively developing extensions, drivers, applications, etc. for Linux. If they violate the new CC CoC, they can be banned from the Linux community.
Here's the kill switch. Most versions of Linux kernals (the core of the OS) is built on an older version (GPL 2) under which the original programmer still holds the copyright to their addition to Linux.
So, if enough of the original developers band together and decide to act en mass to order Linux to remove their code, the Linux world would be shut down because no one would be able to run a version of copyrighted code without exposing themselves to a lawsuit.
The cost for the world to shut down their operations while a suitable replacement is implemented would be incalculable.
A different quote from Linustechtips.com
The CoC adopted by the Linux Kernel team is called the “Contributor Covenant”.
The problem with this is that the author of this CoC of it has spent a considerate amount of time tracking down developers, looking through their history and then if she does not like them (for example if they have differing political views than her) she has gotten them banned from projects.
Basically, if you for example mentioned on Twitter that you voted for Trump, she might track that down and get you banned from working on certain open source projects. Here are some examples of similar things happening (people getting banned from projects because of things they did on their private accounts.
Would you want a group you tied your professional reputation to being able to ruin your resume, your career and your life for private opinions or one’s political views?
All while the vague code of conduct leaves plenty of room for “you’re a meanie, you’re an evil bigot, let’s ruin your life but keep your work” ...
Hence the threat to pull one’s code.
You basically just defined a bully.
Leftism is a mental illness. A severe one.
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Thank you for the comments.
Linux, the backbone of the Internet. The OS that runs the switches and routers that MSFT uses to download patches and updates. The OS that runs the DNS servers on the Internet, so you can get to MSFT's website.
Remove MSFT from the Internet, and what happens to their stock?
Interesting facts about Linux…
Last updated on August 25, 2014 Authored by Dan Nanni 5 Comments
Today, August, 25th, is the 23rd birthday of Linux. The modest Usenet post made by a 21 year old student at the University of Helsinki on August 25th, 1991, marks the birth of the venerable Linux as we know it today.
Fast forward 23 years, and now Linux is everywhere, not only installed on end user desktops, smartphones and embedded systems, but also fulfilling the needs of leading enterprises and powering mission-critical systems such as US Navy’s nuclear submarines and FAA’s air traffic control. Entering the era of ubiquitous cloud computing, Linux is continuing its dominance as by far the most popular platform for the cloud.
Celebrating the 23rd birthday of Linux today, let me show you some interesting facts and history you may not know about Linux. If there is anything to add, feel free to share it in the comments. In this article, I will use the terms “Linux”, “kernel” or “Linux kernel” interchangeably to mean the same thing.
1. There is a never-ending debate on whether or not Linux is an operating system. Technically, the term “Linux” refers to the kernel, a core component of an operating system. Folks who argue that Linux is not an operating system are operating system purists who think that the kernel alone does not make the whole operating system, or free software ideologists who believe that the largest free operating system should be named “GNU/Linux” to give credit where credit is due (i.e., GNU project). On the other hand, some developers and programmers have a view that Linux qualifies as an operating system in a sense that it implements the POSIX standard.
2. According to openhub.net, the majority (95%) of Linux is written in C language. The second popular language for Linux is assembly language (2.8%). The dominance of C lanaguage over C++ is no surprise given Linus’s stance on C++. Here is the programming language breakdown for Linux.
3. Linux has been built by a total of 13,036 contributors worldwide. The most prolific contributor is, of course, Linus Torvalds himself, who has committed code more than 20,000 times over the course of the lifetime of Linux. The following figures show the all-time top-10 contributors of Linux in terms of commit counts.
4. The total source lines of code (SLOC) of Linux is over 17 million. The estimated cost for the entire code base is 5,526 person-years, or over 300M USD according to basic COCOMO model.
5. Enterprises have not been simply consumers of Linux. Their employees have been actively participated in the development of Linux. The figure below shows the top-10 corporate sponsors of Linux kernel development, in terms of total commit counts from their employees, as of year 2013. They include commercial Linux distributors (Red Hat, SUSE), chip/embedded system makers (Intel, Texas Instruments, Wolfson), non-profits (Linaro), and other IT power houses (IBM, Samsung, Google).
6. The official mascot of Linux is “Tux”, a friendly penguin character. The idea of using a cuddly penguin as a mascot/logo was in fact first conceived and asserted by Linus himself. Why penguin? Personally Linus is fond of penguins, despite the fact that he once was bitten by a ferocious penguin, causing him infected with a disease.
7. A Linux “distribution” contains the Linux kernel, supporting GNU utilities/libraries, and other third-party applications. According to distrowatch.com, there are a total of 286 actively maintained Linux distrutions. The oldest among them is Slackware whose very first release 1.0 became available in 1993.
8. Kernel.org, which is the main repository of Linux source code, was compromised by an unknown attacker in August, 2011, who managed to tamper with several kernel.org’s servers. In an effort to tighten up access policies of the Linux kernel, Linux foundation recently turned on two-factor authentication at the official Git repositories hosting the Linux kernel.
9. The dominance of Linux on top 500 supercomputers continues to rise. As of June 2014, 97% of the world-fastest computers are powered by Linux.
10. Spacewatch, a research group of Lunar and Planetary Laboratory at the University of Arizona, named several asteroids (9793 Torvalds, 9882 Stallman, 9885 Linux and 9965 GNU) after GNU/Linux and their creators, in recognition of the free operating system which was instrumental in their asteroid survey activities.
11. In the modern history of Linux kernel development, there was a big jump in kernel version: from 2.6 to 3.0. The renumbering to version 3 actually did not signify any major restructuring in kernel code, but was simply to celebrate the 20 year milestone of the Linux kernel.
12. In 2000, Steve Jobs at Apple Inc. tried to hire Linus Torvalds to have him drop Linux development and instead work on “Unix for the biggest user base,” which was OS X back then. Linus declined the offer.
13. The reboot() system call in the Linux kernel requires two magic numbers. The second magic number comes from the birth dates of Linus Torvalds and his three daughters.
14. As his favorite text editor, Linus uses something called uEmacs/PK, which is a customized version of MicroEMACS, a lightweight Emacs-like editor.
15. In 2003, there was an attempt to insert a backdoor in the Linux kernel source hosted in a CVS repository which apparently had been broken into. Disguised as an innocuous error checking routine, the backdoor was designed to obtain root privileges under specific conditions. This backdoor never made it to the mainline kernel, and was caught by kernel maintainers.
16. While the Linux kernel is licensed under GNU GPL, which requires any code derived from the Linux kernel be open-sourced under the same license, many essential proprietary device drivers and binary-only firmware are incorporated in the Linux kernel as loadable modules. In fact, these binary blobs fall into a gray area where they might not be considered derived work in a sense that they are not designed solely for Linux but also for other operating systems as well. Linus’ stance on this matter has been pragmatic, allowing the kernel to link into proprietary blobs, but he does not mind throwing occasional rants at them. Opposed to such liberal interpretation, Linux-libre is a GNU movement which strips all the proprietary blobs of the kernel, and consists of 100% free software only.
17. Linus Torvalds is well known for having very strong opinions about many things related to Linux, and does not mind using harsh or even abusive language to get his message across. Here are a few of his famous (but non-abusive) quotes:
“Making Linux GPL’d was definitely the best thing I ever did.” (while describing early days of Linux development)
“My name is Linus Torvalds and I am your god.” (while jokingly introducing himself at Linux Expo)
“Only wimps use tape backup: real men just upload their important stuff on ftp, and let the rest of the world mirror it.” (after uploading a new release of the kernel)
“Whoever came up with “hold the shift key for eight seconds to turn on ‘your keyboard is buggered’ mode” should be shot.” (as for FilterKeys activation)
“Friends don’t let friends use [gcc] “-W”.” (while responding to a gcc issue on a mailing list)
“EFI is this other Intel brain-damage (the first one being ACPI).” (while discussing EFI patches)
“I’m always right. This time I’m just even more right than usual.” (while discussing timer interrupt)
“Talk is cheap. Show me the code.” (while responding to someone’s idea)
“If you need more than 3 levels of indentation, you’re screwed anyway, and should fix your program.” (in a kernel coding style document)
“I don’t ask for money. I don’t ask for sexual favors. I don’t ask for access to the hardware you design and sell. I just ask for the thing I gave you: source code that I can use myself.” (while discussing Linux kernel licensing)
18. With so many fans of Linux around the world, there are criticisms on current Linux distributions (mainly desktops), such as limited hardware support, lack of standardization, instability due to short upgrade/release cycles, etc. During the Linux kernel panel at LinuxCon 2014, Linus was quoted as saying “I still want the desktop” when asked where he thinks Linux should go next.
19. Linux kernels have weird and funny code names. For example, the code name for the latest kernel 4.0 is “Hurr durr I’ma sheep.” These code names are authored by Linus Torvalds himself, and included in the Makefile of their source trees.
1. Linux is not an OS, but it is the kernel, GNU Linux is the OS and it comes in several hundred flavours.
2. Linux Kernel was written by a 21 year finnish college student as a part of his hobby. Yup! His name is Linus Torvalds.
3. Torvalds created Linux based on GNU General Public License (GPL). Perhaps Torvalds would have never written his own kernel if GPL would be having it’s own kernel and driver.
4. Major part of today’s Linux kernel is written in C programming language and assembly language and only 2% of today’s kernel contains code written by Torvalds.
5. A Standard Linux Kernel of today has over 10 Million lines of code and it grows at the rate of 10% every year. About 4500 lines of codes are added and 1500 lines of code are changed everyday. Initially in 1991, Linux kernel version 0.01 was released with 10239 lines of code.
6. A guy named William Della Croce Jr. registered the name Linux and demanded royalty for using its name and mark. However he agreed to handover the trademark to Linus, later.
7. The Linux kernel’s official mascot is a penguin named Tux, abbreviation of tuxedo. The idea that Linux had a pet penguin comes from Linus Torvalds himself.
8. The first commercial distribution of GNU / Linux was Yggdrasil (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yggdrasil_Linux/GNU/X) and was launched in CD format in 1992. Red Hat was one of the first distributions to settle within companies and data centers in 1999.
9. Debian was one of the first GNU / Linux that was constituted and organized as a community of developers. Debian v. 4.0’s source code contains 283 million lines of code, $7.37 billion: projected cost to produce that amount of code in a commercial environment. Debian’s code base remains the foundation for other distros such as Ubuntu, Knoppix and Xandros.
10. 90% of the world’s most powerful supercomputers are using GNU/Linux. Top ten of supercomputers use Linux. 33.8% of the world runs on Linux servers compared to 7.3% running Microsoft Windows operating system.
11. Linux Torvalds has been honoured by naming an astroid after his name.
12. There are over 300 distributions GNU / Linux activities ranging from the well known Debian or Fedora distributions through governmental or educational level. And this list seems to grow with regional and personal distros being added frequently.
13. OK, Now the area of application of Linux – U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Navy Submarine Fleet, Federal Aviation Administration, Tamil Nadu for education purpose, Japan’s bullet trains, traffic control of San Francisco, the New York Stock Exchange, CERN, many air traffic control systems or control of nuclear reactors of submarines and ships, Russia, Brazil and Venezuela for interoperable management , cost efficient and technologically independence, Google, Cisco, Facebook, Twitter, Linked in, Toyota, TiVo, etc, server hosting the website of the White House (Drupal), federal government of Brazil favours Linux operating systems over all others in its PCs. Is Not Linux kernel the most widely ported operating system, running on a great variety of operating systems.
14. For those who think Linux can’t do Animation – Oscar-winning visual effects of the Titanic by James Cameron came from machines with Linux and Avatar was the last movie completely developed in 3D Applications on Linux platform using Foss Software. Exclaimed!
15. Believe it or not – In 2002, Microsoft had accumulated a $ 421 million cost of fighting the spread of Linux, according to The Register.
16. According to a study funded by the European Union, the estimated cost to redevelop the most recent kernel versions would be at $1.14 billion USD – Amazed.
17. Microsoft Windows and the Linux kernel can run simultaneously in parallel on the same machine using a software called Cooperative Linux (coLinux).
18. IBM choose Linux for what is expected to be the world’s most powerful supercomputer, Sequoia, due in 2011.
19. An unmodified version of the Linux kernel is called – “Vanilla Kernel”
20. Last year, 75% of Linux code was developed by programmers working for corporations. GOOGLE has contributed about 1.1% of the code in the current Linux kernel.
21. Linux has a strong following in Smart Phones – Palm’s WebOS, Google’s Android and Nokia’s Maemo smart phone operating systems are built on top of the Linux kernel.
22. Android’s Operating System is based off of Linux. The operating system is primarily based off of Linux kernel and Google has made several changes to make it go above and beyond the original basis of Linux kernel. The first Android Smart phone was launched by HTC! Though Samsung has captured much of the Android smart phone sector with its Galaxy series of devices.
23. Google names the code names of Android versions in alphabetical order. These names are not random but names of desserts. Can you guess the next versions of Android now? Android 5.0 K………..?!, Android 6.0 L………….?!!
24. Android mascot was stolen! Google didn’t originally create that mascot. The mascot was adopted from a character named Android! from a game called Gauntlet.
25. As of January 2010, Linux still only has a 1.02% market share within desktops.
20 of the most prominent, but some of these linux users and systems might surprise you.
1. The New York Stock Exchange.
2. The Department of Defense of the US also uses Linux extensively. The Red Hat Linux runs the nuclear submarines of the State.
3. Scientific Linux controls the particle accelerator at CERN and all the computers associated with it.
4. The Federal Aeronautics Administration- FAA, NASA, Space X and JPL- Jet Propulsion Labratories.
5. The bullet trains in Japan use Linux to maintain and manage the sophisticated Automatic Train Control system.
6. The In-Vehicle-Infotainment technology (IVI) inside Toyota and other automobiles use Linux platform.
7. Out of the top 500 fastest supercomputers of the world, Linux or its variants power 498 of those.
8. Smartphones (Android, Maemo) are built on Linux kernel.
9. Linux has a special place in Hollywood as well. Visual effects of Titanic and Avatar were developed in 3D applications on Linux platform using FOSS software.
10. Linux is favored by the tech giants as well. For the web and cloud services, Linux is the first choice for Google, Amazon and Facebook.
11. Just about all webservers are now using linux/apache.
12. Spacewatch, a research group of Lunar and Planetary Laboratory at the University of Arizona, named several asteroids (9793 Torvalds, 9882 Stallman, 9885 Linux and 9965 GNU) after GNU/Linux and their creators, in recognition of the free operating system which was instrumental in their asteroid survey activities.
13. Tamil Nadu educational software.
14. Traffic control of San Francisco.
15. Google, Goobuntu is based on the normal ubuntu versions, but is used by internal employees of Google. Its not currently available for general public.
16. The website of the White House.
17. North Korea’s whole state internet infrastructure. (obviously without the very secure linux kernel we use).
18. Many computer games are written on Linux, then ported to Windows, Mac or whatever console they are going to.
19. Linux runs many firmware TiVo and similar DVR devices, network routers, facility automation controls, televisions and smartwatches.
20. And among thousands of other powerful systems that use linux, I saved the best for last, Even MICROSOFT is adopting and implementing linux into their software now!
They're not going after the code, they're going after the programmers. If the coders say anything un-PC, then they can be disciplined. Since there is no mention of the code they contribute, I am guessing they assume they can keep the code.
I think they'll be in for a rude awakening.
It looks to be an annoyance. This will create another fork in Linux which there are many already. Ever since Microsoft took over Github and other sources this shit’s been taking place.
I've noticed there are a LOT of linux people that are classic liberal types. Which means I think you're right. The fork they're creating I hope will simply leave the SJW's behind.
Just quickly searched ‘Linus Torvald’s daughter SJW’, and got this:
Linus Torvalds’ daughter has signed the “Post-Meritocracy Manifesto”:
https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/9go8cp/linus_torvalds_daughter_has_signed_the/
I don’t think I like the sound of the word, “post-meritocracy”.
It’s ling past time that snowflakes are told that, no, you do NOT have a right to demand that people walk on eggshells to avoid offending you.
Some of my best friends are BIG!
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